Link-button.



A. BIPPART.

LINK BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED APR.24. 1914.

Patented Aug. 3, 1915.

COLUMBIA PLANOCIRAPH COQWASHINCITON. p. C.

LINK-BUTTON.

To all whom it mag concern.

Be it knowntliat I, AGHILL Birran'r, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at 7 88 South Tenth street,Newarln countyrof Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Link-Buttons, fully described and represented in the following specification and the'accompany-ing drawings, forming'a part of the same. I

The object of this invention is to furnish a link-button in which the link shall be jointed to loops upon both heads of the button and shall lie close: to their inner sides tofacilitate the passage of the button-heads through the 'button'holes, and [the link also 1 operates to crowd the linen toward the'but-" ton-heads, and to limit the tipping movement ofthe heads upon the link when inserted in the cuff. These objects are attained by forming the button-heads with loops lying close to their inner surfaces and forming the link with relatively broad sidebars, and ends materially thinner than such side-bars with. inclined shoulders upon the side-bars adjacent to such ends, which shoulders serve in practice to crowd the linen toward the button-heads.

The cross-bars are preferably made materially longer than the width of the loop so that the button-heads may slide on the cross-bars and connect with the link in an inclined positionnear either sidebar.

The junction of the side-bars and cross bars are formed with exterior corners to contact with the inner sides of the buttonheads, so that when the loops on the buttonheads are adjacent to either side-barand the button-heads inserted in the cuff, the inclination or tipping of the buttonheads is limited, to incline the button-heads parallel with the oppositely sloped surfaces of the cuff.

The invention will be understood by reference to the annexed drawing, in which Figure l is a section of the cuif-wings lengthwise of the button-holes with the cuffbutton inserted therein; Fig. 2 is a section of the cuff-wings transverse to the buttonholes with the cuff-button therein; Fig. 3 shows the inner side of the link-button when in readiness for insertion in the buttonhole; and Fig. 4 is an edge view of the buttonheads and link in the same position.

Each of the heads a is shown with a loop or staple 6 upon its inner side, and the link Specification of Letters Patent.

ACHILL BIPPABT, or NEWARK, linwnasnxis formed with side-bars'c of-much greater breadth than the thickness of th'ecross-bar cl, with slopingshoulders 6 near the point where they are joined to the cross-bars, so

by such sloping shoulders, as shown in Fig. '2. The sidebars are of uniform breadth between the :shoulderse to facilitate their easy passage through the button-holes, and Fig. 4: shows how the reduction in breadth of the side-barsat their ends and the corresponding reduction in the height of the loops enables the edges of the sidebars to lie substantially even with the tops of the loops, so that all of the parts slip through the buttonholes with equal ease.

The cross-bars'are preferably made materially longer than the width of the loops, as is clearly indicated in Figs. 1 and 3, which permits the loops upon the button-heads to slide upon the cross-bars into contact with either of the sidebars, and when in such position to be inclined toward each other, as shown in Fig. 1. Either side-bar of the link may thus be placed in the forward edge of the button-holes and either edge of the button-heads may thus be brought next to the edges of the cuffs where they are most exposed to wear. tonheads, when the loops are at the ends of straight side-bars,would be impossible if the loop held the cross-bar snugly against the button-head, but such snug adjustment is desirable to avoid as much as possible a The incline of the but Patented Aug. 3,1915. 'Applicationifiled'April 24, 19 14. SeiialNo. 834,052. i

projection of the loop upon the inner side of the head, so that the loops may project little, if any, beyond the edges of the sidebars when inserting them through the button-holes.

My construction, which is clearly shown in Fig. 4, permits the insertion of the head a into the button-holes without any material obstruction, and I have constructed the end of my link with special reference to this low form of loop and the necessity for tipping at the ends of the cross-bar, and this tipping I effect by arching the middle of the crossbar outwardly which produces a backward sloping of the cross-bar at its junction with the side-bars; such sloping being nearly the same as that naturally assumed by the button-head when fitted to the cuff, as shown in Fig. 1.

The links are symmetrical in form, and

d the ends of the cross-bars where joined to the side-bars, form corners e whichcontact with the inner side of the button-head near the edge of the loop, and prevent the buttonhead from rocking upon the endof the link beyond a certain angle which is shown in 9 Fig.1, and corresponds with the slope that I the wings g of the cuff ordinarily, assume headstobe projected forwardly upon the cuffs, and these improvements .are 'efiected by modifications ofthe construction which do not materially increase the cost, and thus secure a great advantage'without increased expense. 7

Having thus set forth the nature of the invention what is claimed herein is:

The link-button herein described, with Witnesses:

two heads having. each a low loop upon its inner side, a symmetrical open-bodied link having relativelybroad side-bars, and crossbars fitted to the loops and arched outwardly and sloping backwardly at their ends, and each cross-bar being materially longer than the width of its loop and the latter thereby enabled to slide thereon and tip at either end of its movement, the sidebars being provided each upon its edges with inclined shoulders adjacent to their ends sloped toward the cross-bars, and the link having corners at the ends of both side-bars, to limit the angular movement of the heads whensetat either corner of the loop. a I

In testimonywhereof I have hereunto set my hand inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses. v r ACHILL BIPPART.

L. LEE, TnoMAs S. CRANE. 7

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